Non-refillable bottle.



No. 798,640. PATBNTED SEPT. 5, 1905. J. G. TURNEY. NON-RBFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED APB-.30.1904.

UNITED STATES .IOIIN (l. TURNEY, OF CI'IIOOO, ILLINOIS, ASSIOYOR OF IALIAFICI'IRO ANI) .IOIIN S. I'VINNICVI, OF

NATI IA N (l. NOIS.

PATIENT OFFICE.

NON-FIEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

To /t/'Z l/'m/)t it Duty] concer/1.-

Be it known that I, Joris C. TUnNur, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, (look county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

.\Iy invention has relation to bottles now commonly known and frequently designated as non-retillable bottles, which are provided with means for preventing' the refilling thereof after being' emptied of their orig'inal contents, whereby fraudulent refilling of the bottles having some value because of their distinctive appearance or trade-marks may be prevented.

The object of my invention is to produce a bottle having' simple and efiicient means for the general purposes stated.

In the drawings, Figure l is a section of the upper portion of a bottle embodying my inveution; Figs. 2 and 3, sections on lines 2 and 3, respectively, of Fig'. 1; Figs. and 5, detail views of certain of theparts, and Fig's. 6 and 'T detail views illustrating' modified Vforms of construction.

The bottle I has a neck 2, provided with the usual opening', at the base of which is a circumferential bead 2, above which is formed a circumferential groove 2b, as clearly indicated in Fig'. l.

A cylinder or tube 3, of suitable material, preferably sheet metal, is adapted to be inserted within the bottle-opening', and by preference a packing' I is interposed between it and the bottle-opening'. For the purpose of retaining' this tube in place against removal after being' once inserted I provide teeth or prongs 3, which, as shown herein, may be stamped out from the body of the cylinder and bent upwardly and outwardly, with the result that when the tube or cylinder is inserted in the bottle-opening and forced inwardly the prongs or retainersA will be compressed inwardly, and when they reach the groove 2" they will snap therein with their upturned edges engaging the upper wall of such groove, which by preference is undercut to receive and hold the prongs against all chance or possibility of removal. Ihe bead 2" forms a stop to prevent the tube from being inserted too far into the bottle.

The cylinder or tube has for a portion of its leng'th internal screw-threads 3h, arranged to receive the two disks 5 and 6. The upper disk 5 formsa protection or interference to the lower disk to prevent tampering' therewith, and to permit the liquid to iiow past freely such disk has its margin cut away in places, as indicated in Fig. 2. Ihe lower disk 6 has central opening' adapted to be closed by a pivote/d check-valve 6. These disks are Iirst inserted to any desired or relative distance in the tube, which is then fitted and locked in the bottleopening' in the manner described. The tube prevents the cork lL from being' inserted too far, as seen in Fig. l.

The spring tongues or prongs 3 represent the simple and preferred construction of retainer for the tube or cylinder; but other methods or constructions may be employed-w as, for instance, the outwardly-spring-pressed pins 7, bearing in the walls of the tube and arranged to be pressed into the groove 9", as seen in Fig. 'i'. Moreover, the disk 6 and its check-valve 6 maybe displaced by a modi- Iicd Vform of construction (shown in Fig. 6) wherein a disk 8 forms a valve-seat provided with openings or passages 8 and is arranged to be screwed into the tube 3. The valve is in the form of a disk 9, having' a stem 9, passing' through the central hole 8" in the seat and held in operative relation by a collar 9b, which is fixed thereto after the stem is inserted. This arrangement permits the required but limited opening movement of the valve when the liquid is being emptied from the bottle.

Although I have described more or less precise forms and details of construction, I do not intend to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I contemplate changes in form, proportion of parts, and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may require or render expedient.

I claim- 1. A non-reiillable bottle comprising a bottle, a tube or cylinder insertible in the opening' of such bottle, a disk arranged in said tube and adjust-able in position therein, said disk having a valve-governed port, and a second disk also arranged in said tube and provided with openings; substantially as described.

2. A non-i'eiillable bottle comprising' a botl tle, a tube or cylinder insertiblc in the openl ing of such bottle, a disk arranged in said tube l and adjustable in position therein, said disk l having a valve-governed port, and a second IOO adjustable disk arranged in said tube and having openings; substantially as described.

3. A non-retillable bottle comprising a bottle, a tube or cylinder insertible in the opening of such bottle, a disk arranged in said tube and arranged to screw within the tube which is internally screw-threaded, said disk having an opening and a valve Jfor governing the same, and a second disk also screwing within said tube and arranged above the other disk; substantially as described.

4. A non-refillable bottle comprising a bottle having an internal groove near the base of its opening through the neck thereof, a tube or cylinder having a retaining member arranged to engage said groove, said tube being internally screw-threaded. a disk 6 screwing within said tube and provided with a valve JOHN C. TURNEY.

Titnessesz S. E. HIBBEN, Louis B. ERWIN. 

